What did you do in the garden today?

[mylittlechicken]

I plant some more plants and watered a lot.

 

[MEMama3]

Ditto. I had a frost wipe out an early March plant, then AGAIN in April, then got caught up an a mole family ripped thru and all pumpkins and squash got svb :/. Epic failure after failure this year for me

Starting over again now actually. Hubby is currently building 2 55 gal compost bins, we pulled out old soil and replaced, added sand, manure and compost, coming along great. Ready for a gall plant I hope with a better harvest .

I'd Love to do a redo, but here in Maine our growing season is so short you only get one chance. I have big plans for soil amending and drip water system for next year.

 

[MEMama3]

Ditto. I had a frost wipe out an early March plant, then AGAIN in April, then got caught up an a mole family ripped thru and all pumpkins and squash got svb :/. Epic failure after failure this year for me

Starting over again now actually. Hubby is currently building 2 55 gal compost bins, we pulled out old soil and replaced, added sand, manure and compost, coming along great. Ready for a gall plant I hope with a better harvest .

I'd Love to do a redo, but here in Maine our growing season is so short you only get one chance. I have big plans for soil amending and drip water system for next year.

 

[erinszoo]

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Wow, gardening in Maine must be a real challenge. I posted on facebook about my okra this week and one of my second cousins from Michigan said her grandfather, who was from Oklahoma, used to grow okra up there every year and no one knew what it was. I was so surprised to hear that someone figured out how to grow okra in such a short cool growing season.

Have you tried using a greenhouse at all? I've become very interested in extending the seasons and growing year round and have researched many different methods. We built a rocket stove heater last year to heat our greenhouse with which worked pretty well. This year we are going to actually move it and build a garden bed over the outtake pipe which is supposed to keep the soil warm. Someone has a video of growing tomatoes in Idaho in the winter with a bed like this. I don't know if it will work or not. I also read about using "hot beds" but haven't tried that either.

 

[MEMama3]

Wow, gardening in Maine must be a real challenge. I posted on facebook about my okra this week and one of my second cousins from Michigan said her grandfather, who was from Oklahoma, used to grow okra up there every year and no one knew what it was. I was so surprised to hear that someone figured out how to grow okra in such a short cool growing season.

Have you tried using a greenhouse at all? I've become very interested in extending the seasons and growing year round and have researched many different methods. We built a rocket stove heater last year to heat our greenhouse with which worked pretty well. This year we are going to actually move it and build a garden bed over the outtake pipe which is supposed to keep the soil warm. Someone has a video of growing tomatoes in Idaho in the winter with a bed like this. I don't know if it will work or not. I also read about using "hot beds" but haven't tried that either.

I use to start indoors or in my greenhouse, but with springs fluctuating so badly (dry/weeks of rain, really hot/surprise late frosts) I lost so many seedlings that it seemed pointless. I've since converted my greenhouse into a chicken run by removing the plastic and adding lattice to the frame. I cover it with plastic for the ladies in the winter so they stay warm and don't have to wade through snow.

 

[Angelicisi]

That's so kewl! Good job!

Dug up Purple Majesty and La Soda potatoes. Harvested a lot of things to enter in the local county fair. And picked the biggest Cinderella pumpkin! Judging is today. Fair opens Thursday. The Cinderella Pumpkin is so cute. When I carried it into the barn, every one stopped and stared! They all thought it wonderful.

Ditto. I had a frost wipe out an early March plant, then AGAIN in April, then got caught up an a mole family ripped thru and all pumpkins and squash got svb :/. Epic failure after failure this year for me Starting over again now actually. Hubby is currently building 2 55 gal compost bins, we pulled out old soil and replaced, added sand, manure and compost, coming along great. Ready for a gall plant I hope with a better harvest .

I'm bummed. My garden was an epic failure this year. I'm quite sure I lost all my pumpkins. One day they looked healthy and spread out everywhere and the next they were dry and shriveled up. My tomato plants have fruit, but the bottoms are toast. I got peas throughout the spring, but never enough to make a meal. I checked carrots and they are only about 1/4" long. Melons flowered but no sign of fruit and peppers look dwarfed. Potatoes are my only hope.

 

[Angelicisi]

I cut some bamboo lengths to dry and use for a cucumber teepee trellis (lol we'll see but its free and plentiful )

 

[redsoxs]

I watered my tomatoes....still getting tons but out of canning jars and freezer space! Also put in some turnip seed for a fall crop.

 

[erinszoo]

Watered everything including myself. Boy was it hot. Harvested okra, tomatillos, jalapenos, tomatoes, and 4.5 lbs of cucumbers. Guess I'll be making pickles tomorrow.

 

[CyndiChick]

Started seeds for a fall crop. Have to get some broccoli and cauliflower seeds still. Got hot peppers and some cukes today.